D'Agostini Herstad, Tatiana (2021) Performance studies of data acquisition for the GAINS spectrometer at the GELINA accelerator facility. Master's Research Project 1, Energy and Environmental Sciences.
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Abstract
As the world moves towards more sustainable energy sources, a renewed interest in nuclear energy has emerged. An important aspect of studies in the field are neutron cross-section studies. The GAINS experiment at the GELINA neutron time-of-flight facility aims to do just that. This experiment makes use of a digitizer for data processing. The present research studies the performance of said digitizer. To do so, the dead time, the energy, and the time resolution of the digitizer are investigated. An emphasis is placed on the feasibility of achieving the resolution nuclear data requires while decreasing the amount of data stored. The digitizer includes software that allows for data filtering before collection. Further processing is done online. Two different detectors with different technical specifications are used to improve resolution and investigate the digitizer’s behavior. A 22Na source is used, and the energy resolution is compared to that achieved in previous studies on the 511 keV peak of this isotope. The timing resolution is compared to that achieved in literature by the respective detectors, and the suitability of this kind of data acquisition and processing is determined.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master's Research Project 1) |
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| Supervisor name: | Kavatsyuk, M. |
| Degree programme: | Energy and Environmental Sciences |
| Thesis type: | Master's Research Project 1 |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2021 09:09 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jul 2021 09:09 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/25175 |
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